| CASE REPORT - TUMORS |
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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 121-123 |
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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 in the Mandible
Yuka Uchiyama1, Tetsuro Sumi2, Keisuke Marutani1, Hiroo Takaoka2, Shumei Murakami1, Hiroyasu Kameyama2, Yoshiaki Yura2
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery II, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yuka Uchiyama
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
Japan
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DOI: 10.4103/ams.ams_135_17 PMID: 29963437 
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) was first described in 1882 as a hamartomatous disorder of neural crest derivation. We present the imaging of a 65-year-old woman with NF1. Computed tomography revealed that there were three major findings presented: skeletal deformity, an area of fat (probably related to mesodermal dysplasia), and benign neoplasm within the masticator space. Moreover, masticatory muscles were hypoplastic.
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